Most of Gaza’s schools, including all of its universities, have severe damage that makes them unusable, which could harm an entire generation, the United Nations and others say.
Recent studies cast doubt on whether large-scale mental health interventions are making young people better. Some even suggest they can have a negative effect.
Readers discuss a guest essay that argued they are both. Also: College roommates; tech in school; truths about Russia; water and politics.
The new application for federal tuition aid was meant to be simpler. High school seniors say it has been anything but, and some are still unsure of their plans after graduation.
Conservative state governments are forbidding school districts from doing what the Department of Education says they must, under new Title IX regulations on students’ gender identity.
The first lady commended the winner of the National Teacher of the Year award during an event evoking formal state dinners.
The lawsuit calls out “pernicious racial inequality” in the nation’s largest school district. If successful, it could lead to changes to gifted and selective programs, or even their elimination.
Responses to news and opinion articles about the campus protests. Also: Trump logic; pondering another civil war; lessons in the classroom.
Getting into a selective college has always been a source of anxiety and stress for students, but this year seemed like academic Hunger Games.
Albuquerque Public Schools in New Mexico also installed an acting principal as it investigates a high school prom.
With applications down significantly from past years, officials announced a renewed effort to get students to apply for federal financial aid.
Donald J. Trump had complained about the judge in his Manhattan criminal trial not immediately giving him permission to be away from court on the day of the graduation, May 17.
Many museums around the country have had children’s programs for years — but they are on the rise now more than ever.
During Richard Cordray’s tenure at the agency, the botched rollout of the new FAFSA upended the college admissions process.
Experts say high school seniors are more likely to go to college if they complete the financial aid form, but the state sees privacy issues with mandating it.
We looked at how far South Africa has come in meeting its goals after 30 years of freedom.
A high school athletic director in the Baltimore area was arrested after he used A.I., the police said, to make a racist and antisemitic audio clip.
Supporters of new legislation to allow some teachers to carry firearms say it will make the state’s schools safer. Many parents and educators are not convinced.
Many parents and nutritionists applauded stricter federal regulations, but food companies say the changes could increase costs and waste.
The Cumberland Valley School Board reversed its decision to cancel Maulik Pancholy’s speech at a middle school next month. “I cannot wait to meet all of you in person,” he said.
The mayor released a revised $111.6 billion budget, which included $2.3 billion that would restore some funding for schools and cultural institutions.
Readers discuss a column by Nicholas Kristof. Also: Donald Trump, “unprecedented”; tech in school; how sorrow changes us; California’s property taxes.
The magazine’s Ethicist columnist on double standards — and possible hypocrisy — among educators.
Screens in K-12 schools need ‘a hard reset.’
The Agriculture Department finalized a new rule to bring the meals more in line with federal dietary standards.
The move came about a year after the state’s deadliest school shooting and was opposed by some of the families whose children survived the attack.
Legislators in two dozen states are working on bills, or have passed laws, to combat A.I.-generated sexually explicit images of minors.
As a throwback ski destination, Alta thinks small, with a one-room public school to match.
Gov. Kathy Hochul used the $237 billion budget to wedge in contentious issues like extending Mayor Eric Adams’s control over New York City schools.
The first woman on the faculty of Yale Law School, she was named to the State Supreme Court in 1978 and became its first female chief justice six years later.
The current politically-driven suppression of theater productions in high schools has a grim historical precedent.
The “car key conversation” can be painful for families to navigate. Experts say there are ways to have it with empathy and care.
Maulik Pancholy was scheduled to give a talk on anti-bullying at a Pennsylvania school next month. School board members scrapped it, citing concerns about his activism and “lifestyle.”
But many of them know how not to get burned.
More books were removed during the first half of this academic year than in the entire previous one.
When they lost their beloved crossing guard, the students at Avenues The World School — Spider-Man, Wilder, Miss Seattle and the rest — paid tribute in cocoa and chalk.
Readers discuss the reasons for the spike since the pandemic and how to lure students back.
Una escuela chárter de Brooklyn experimenta con una nueva forma de ayudar a las familias al ampliar la jornada escolar. Los alumnos pueden llegar a las 7 a. m. y salir en cualquier momento antes de las 7 p. m. Gratis.
A congressional committee that questioned college presidents about how they have handled protests over the Israel-Hamas war is now focusing on K-12 school districts.
The share of those paying the full advertised cost has declined over the last couple of decades, a new report found. Yet many don’t understand how much they’ll really pay.
Behind the “maelstrom” at a high-achieving, racially diverse school in a liberal New Jersey suburb.
Behind the “maelstrom” at a high-achieving, racially diverse school in a liberal New Jersey suburb.
A Virginia grand jury found that the administrator had not acted on reports from staff members that the 6-year-old had brought a firearm to Richneck Elementary.
A special grand jury found that the shooting of an elementary teacher by a 6-year-old student in Newport News, Va., last year was preceded by a “shocking” series of lapses by the school’s assistant principal at the time.
In two hearings, House lawmakers scrutinized Miguel Cardona’s record over persistent problems with the new FAFSA form.
The ubiquity of screens is bad for teachers, students and society.
Mediante inteligencia artificial, estudiantes de secundaria y bachillerato han fabricado y compartido imágenes explícitas de compañeras de clase.
A former administrator at Richneck Elementary School in Newport News, Va., where a first-grade teacher was shot last year, has been charged with eight counts of child abuse and neglect.
A Brooklyn charter school is experimenting with a new way to help families by expanding the school day. Students can arrive at 7 a.m. and leave any time before 7 p.m. For free.
Using artificial intelligence, middle and high school students have fabricated explicit images of female classmates and shared the doctored pictures.
How the pandemic changed families’ lives and the culture of education.
Incidents of student misconduct have risen in New York City since pandemic disruptions, though serious crimes in schools have decreased.
The more time students spent in remote instruction, the further they fell behind. And, experts say, extended closures did little to stop the spread of Covid.
Two readers call for more federal funding for care of the sick and the elderly. Also: Data on drivers; Covid lessons; diversity in college admissions.
Readers’ personal stories about how devastating it can be. Also: Redeeming cans to make a living; teacher shortages; religion at the border; lounging in bed.
In some districts, teachers are taking more sick days since the pandemic. A shortage of substitutes can make matters worse.
The chancellor said the “school system is more than prepared.” But when it was time to log on, many students could not.
Una demanda acusó al estado de no proporcionar una educación equitativa a estudiantes de bajos ingresos, negros e hispanos durante la pandemia.
A lawsuit accused the state of failing to provide an equal education to lower-income, Black and Hispanic students during the pandemic.
Look up data from the first detailed national study of learning loss and academic recovery since the pandemic.
What role may public health officials have played in fostering public distrust of them?
Assessing the academic skills of elementary and middle school students matters more than ever.
A sign that our Covid policies were not so out of line.
A new study found that California schools got positive results from a targeted investment in the science of reading — even with the challenges of pandemic recovery.
Mississippi has long had high childhood immunization rates, but a federal judge has ordered the state to allow parents to opt out on religious grounds.
The surge in offerings is a response to the pandemic, which revealed glaring income inequality, as well as inflation and the resumption of student loan payments, an expert said.
Portland students have struggled with absenteeism since the pandemic,
The effects of the pandemic on children are persistent and require urgent attention.
Schools reopened after the pandemic, but student attendance has not bounced back.
New federal data from the 2020-2021 school year shows the reach of online learning, the struggle to hire teachers and the lack of counselors.
Schools run by the Defense Department educate 66,000 children of civilian employees and service members.
And it’s damaging a generation.
The city faces billions in financial pressures in the coming years that threaten to worsen inequality across the nation’s largest school system.
It’s time to start asking if the culture wars actually matter to voters.
Apoorva Mandavilli, a health and science reporter for The New York Times, traveled across the country to learn how educators are preparing for the next pandemic.
Heavy reliance on online remote learning during the pandemic drew attention away from more equitable ways of teaching children at home, a UNESCO report says.
Attendance at school has come to feel more optional than it did before the pandemic.
Let’s bring back an era of accountability.
The epidemiologist Katelyn Jetelina takes stock of school closures, mask mandates and the pandemic response.
How to get cleaner air in the nation's school buildings.
Scientists and educators are searching for ways to improve air quality in the nation’s often dilapidated school buildings.
Over the years, Mr. DeSantis embraced and exploited his Ivy League credentials. Now he is reframing his experiences at Yale and Harvard to wage a vengeful political war.
Too few schools have used Covid relief funds to improve air quality properly.
Despite billions in federal aid, students are not making up ground in reading and math: “We are actually seeing evidence of backsliding.”
The results are the federal government’s last major data release on the academic effects of the coronavirus pandemic.
Pandemic aid was supposed to help students recover from learning loss, but results have been mixed.
Readers discuss how schools can help students who’ve fallen behind since the pandemic. Also: Jail reform; mercy for death row inmates; Dianne Feinstein.
The United States’ struggle to respond to the virus has highlighted the importance of communicating with the public, sharing data and stockpiling vital supplies.
Honest reflection is essential to ensure that the nation’s response to the next pandemic is better.
The latest test results continue a nearly decade-long decline. Try a sample quiz to test your knowledge.
Long school closures have put public education — and Randi Weingarten, the leader of a major teachers’ union — on the defensive.
In his most extensive interview yet, Anthony Fauci wrestles with the hard lessons of the pandemic — and the decisions that will define his legacy.
Under a bill that is expected to pass, employers won’t be able to turn down applicants because they are overweight.
As the nation’s schools ‘return to normal,’ teachers in an L.A. neighborhood hit hard by Covid are left to manage their students’ grief — and their own.
The group discusses social media, the return to in-person schooling and their hopes and fears for the future.
Covid disrupted education, and now the task is to build something new.
Readers react to an editorial urging employers to consider skills and experience, not just degrees. Also: Long Covid; Trump, RINO; online romance scams.
Learning delays and regressions were most severe in developing countries and among children from low-income backgrounds. And students still haven’t caught up.
A federal benefit guaranteeing free school meals to millions more students has expired as food prices have risen. Many families are feeling the pinch.
Readers laud Dr. Fauci for becoming a trusted voice on medical science. Also: Sandy Hook; a hospital model; learning during the pandemic; military spending.
We are going about education reform all wrong.
State Representative Joe Harding, a sponsor of the law that critics have called “Don’t Say Gay,” is accused of illegally obtaining or trying to obtain more than $150,000 in loans.
Plus, the White House is optimistic about winter.
In a so-called natural experiment, two school districts in Boston maintained masking after mandates had been lifted in others, enabling a unique comparison.
In a vacuum, test score declines look like bad news. But none of this happened in a vacuum.
Local districts decided whether to allow middle schools to use grades in choosing students. The majority chose to keep a less competitive lottery system that began during the pandemic.
The results, from what is known as the nation’s report card, offer the most definitive picture yet of the pandemic’s devastating impact on students.
Benjamin Franklin Elementary in Connecticut overhauled the way it taught — and the way it ran the classroom. Every minute counted.
Readers respond to the latest Russian attacks in Ukraine. Also: The wonders of math; pandemic spending; Republicans and crime.
As school began this year, we sent reporters to find out how much — or how little — has changed since the pandemic changed everything.
In-school tutoring is not a silver bullet. But it may help students and schools reduce some pandemic-related slides in achievement.
The massive expansion of online higher education created a worldwide laboratory to finally assess its value and its future.
From kindergarten through college, educators are experimenting with ways to ease the stress students are facing — not only from the pandemic, but from life itself.
The first standardized test results that capture how most city schoolchildren did during the pandemic offered a mixed picture.
Despite the Covid disruption, school test score declines look pretty modest.
Readers discuss new aspects of the workplace during the pandemic. Also: A political balance; Vladimir Putin and Mikhail Gorbachev; student newspapers.
Readers discuss an investigation into the lack of secular education at New York’s yeshivas. Also: Outdoor dining; climate-crisis deniers.
Definitive statements on open questions isn’t the way.
Unprecedented federal aid could help schools dig out of pandemic problems — if they can figure out how to spend it in time.
“We need to show them: We’re back,” said the head of the principals’ union as children return to school Thursday with Covid restrictions largely ended.
Students are struggling, and not just on standardized tests.
Some of the nation’s poorest pre-K students are the last still under mask mandates, affecting enrollment.
Our democracy sprouts in the nursery of public schools — where students grapple, together, with our messy history and learn to negotiate differences.
I have deep doubts about the intellectual and social value of schooling.
Twelve public school teachers joined Times Opinion to discuss the state of education today.
The results of a national test showed just how devastating the last two years have been for 9-year-old schoolchildren, especially the most vulnerable.
Urgently needed: teachers in struggling districts, certified in math or special education. Perks: maybe a pay raise, or how about a four-day week?
“The Stolen Year,” by Anya Kamenetz, is an account of Covid’s devastating effects on American youth.
Plus the Philippines reopens schools and China raises interest rates.
More than two years after Covid emptied their classrooms, students are resuming in-person learning. The lost time will be hard to make up.
Según los expertos, los niños no tienen riesgo alto de infección. Pero ofrecen consejos para cuidar a todos en el regreso a clases, desde los más pequeños hasta los universitarios.
Experts say children are not at a high risk of infection. But they have advice to keep everyone — from toddlers to college kids — safe.
The city Education Department has ended most Covid restrictions for students, although teachers still have to be vaccinated.
En las nuevas recomendaciones la carga de la protección recae en los individuos. A continuación explicamos cómo proceder.
Readers debate the party’s strategy of supporting far-right G.O.P. candidates it thinks it can beat. Also: Covid and schools; Ukraine’s students; Kansas and abortion.
The new recommendations put the onus on individuals to protect themselves. Here’s how to navigate them.
The new guidelines eliminate quarantines and put less emphasis on social distancing, routine surveillance testing and contact tracing.
The crisis kids face at this point in the pandemic is not the virus but the cost of so many years of disrupted school.
As coronavirus hospitalizations and deaths in New York tick up as a result of the rapidly spreading Omicron subvariant known as BA.5, Gov. Kathy Hochul held her first Covid briefing in months.
As coronavirus hospitalizations and deaths in New York tick up as a result of the rapidly spreading Omicron subvariant known as BA.5, Gov. Kathy Hochul held her first Covid briefing in months.
A new report estimates that it may take students at least three to five years to recover from the pandemic. Federal relief money will most likely have run out by then.
Masks will become optional in Hawaii’s schools when the new academic year starts on Aug. 1, as the state tries for “a more normal classroom experience this fall,” a state health official said.
The city’s teachers, who sued over vaccine requirements, said the judges assigned to the case owned thousands of dollars of Covid-19 vaccine-maker stock, which could affect their rulings.
Young violists and sax players in Brooklyn get reacquainted with their instruments, and with one another: “You have to play in harmony.”
Young violists and sax players in Brooklyn get reacquainted with their instruments, and with one another: “You have to play in harmony.”
New York City is still strongly recommending that masks be worn indoors for people of all ages, however, as new, confirmed coronavirus cases still remain at a high level despite recent declines.
In a Times survey, counselors said students are behind in their abilities to learn, cope and relate.